Akespe () is a village in the Aral District, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. It is part of the Kosaman Rural District (KATO code - 433246200). Population:
In 1925, a large site containing numerous fossils of the Oligocene was discovered near Akespe by the Aral Sea shore.Aral fossil fauna // Kazakhstan National Encyclopedia. Almaty: Kazakh encyclopedias, 2004. - T. I. ISBN 9965-9389-9-7Collection: Akespe Aral, Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan
History
Human settlement that was dated back to the Neolithic era, 4th-3rd century BC proves human presence in the area in Antiquity.
Geography The village is located by the Butakov Bay of the North Aral Sea, near the southern end of the Lesser Barsuki Desert.Google Earth.
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